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Patent CA-2500852-A1 (CA)
Title: Packaged antimicrobial medical device and method of preparing same
Inventor: CERWIN ROBERT
IPC: A61B17/06
Filed: 2003-09-25
Abstract: An antimicrobial suture assembly comprising a containment compartment comprising one or more surfaces having an antimicrobial agent disposed thereon, said antimicrobial agent being selected from the group consisting o f halogenated hydroxyl ethers, acyloxydiphenyl ethers, and combinations thereo f, in an amount sufficient to substantially inhibit bacterial colonization on said containment compartment; and a suture positioned within the containment compartment, the suture comprising one or more surfaces having an antimicrobial agent disposed thereon, said antimicrobial agent being selecte d from the group consisting of halogenated hydroxyl ethers, acyloxydiphenyl ethers, and combinations thereof, in an amount sufficient to substantially inhibit bacterial colonization on the suture; a method for making the antimicrobial suture assembly; and a braided suture having antimicrobial properties comprising an elongate braided structure formed from a plurality of polymeric filaments, said filaments being formed from a polymeric material that is absorbable under physiological conditions, and a coating material disposed on said elongate braided structure, said coating comprising a film forming absorbable polymer, a substantially water-insoluble salt of a fatty acid and an effective amount of an antimicrobial agent selected from the gro up consisting of halogenated hydroxyl ethers, halogen-o-hydroxy-Biphenyl ethers , acyloxydiphenyl ethers and combinations thereof, said effective amount being sufficient to substantially inhibit microbial growth on or adjacent said suture when said suture is implanted in a patient's body.
Patent CA-2501428-A1 (CA)
Title: Mobile wireless communications device providing enhanced predictive word entry and related methods
Inventor: SCOTT SHERRYL LEE LORRAINE
IPC: H04M1/72436
Filed: 2005-04-15
Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable, handheld housing, and a display and keypad carried by the portable, handheld housing. The keypad may include a plurality of multi-symbol keys each having indicia of a plurality of respective symbols thereon, and a predetermined multi-symbol key may have a comma/apostrophe symbol and at least one other symbol thereon. A controller may also be carried by the portable, handheld housing and connected to the display and the keypad. The controller may be for generating a menu of possible desired words including at least one word with a comma and at least one word with an apostrophe based upon activation of the predetermined multi-symbol key having the comma/apostrophe symbol and at least one other symbol thereon.
Patent CA-2502188-A1 (CA)
Title: Fractional cladding for optical fibers
Inventor: TAILLON YVES
IPC: G02B6/036
Filed: 2005-03-24
Abstract: An optical fiber system comprises an optical fiber having a doped core and a first cladding about the doped core. The optical fiber has a first longitudinal portion and a second longitudinal portion, and is arranged such that the first longitudinal portion and the second longitudinal portion are longitudinally side by side. The first cladding of the first longitudinal portion is adjacent to the first cladding of the second longitudinal portion such that light propagating in the first cladding can move laterally from the first longitudinal portion to the second longitudinal portion to increase the amount of light reaching the doped core. The optical fiber is adapted to be coupled to a power input and has an output end for outputting light emitted by the doped core. The second fractional cladding about the first cladding conceals light in the first cladding.
Patent CA-2502877-A1 (CA)
Title: Metastable benzoxepine derivatives which can be used in the treatment of dyslipidaemia, atherosclerosis and diabetes, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them and processes forthe preparation thereof
Inventor: BOSC NATHALIE
IPC: A61P9/10
Filed: 2003-09-01
Abstract: The present invention relates to novel metastable derivatives of benzoxepines of the formula (I) in which n represents 0,1 or 2 ; and the radicals R, which may be identical or different, are alkyl or alkoxy groups, or halogen atoms, which can be used in the treatment of dyslipidaemia, atherosclerosis and diabetes.
Patent CA-2502944-A1 (CA)
Title: Automated alarm setpoint learning in an electrical meter
Inventor: CURTIS LARRY E
IPC: G01R11/64
Filed: 2003-10-17
Abstract: A circuit monitor monitors one or more metered values in an electrical circuit, and includes a system for selecting alarm setpoints based upon learned characteristics of normal operation of metered values. The circuit monitor includes a controller and a memory. The memory includes a test register of alarms selected to be part of a learning process. The controller includes summaries and characterizes the one or more metered values as histogram formatted data corresponding to metered values identified by a test register of alarms selected to be part of a learning process. The controller stores the histogram formatted data in the memory and organizes the stored data into a plurality of memory locations, each covering a fixed range of time duration.
Patent CA-2503661-A1 (CA)
Inventor: DULIN JACQUES M
IPC: A61K9/00
Filed: 2003-11-03
Abstract: L'invention concerne un système portable d'administration de médicaments pour le traitement de la mauvaise haleine, de la gingivite, de la gingivite ulcéro-nécrotique, de la plaque, etc. Ce système comprend des pochettes refermables de la taille d'une poche de chemise qui contiennent de 2 à 4 rouleaux de coton stériles, à usage unique, jetables et traités contenant un agent anti-microbien parodontal sélectionné, tel qu'un bain de bouche ou une composition de fluorure, enzymatique ou antibiotique. De préférence, l'agent antimicrobien est une solution neutre sans alcool mais il peut également être une composition sèche ou un gel. Les rouleaux traités sont placés dans les vestibules buccaux supérieurs et/ou locaux, où ils libèrent la solution antimicrobienne. Le traitement cible directement les zones critiques, les minuscules sillons dentaires et les espaces interdentaires, qui sont tous des réservoirs importants de bactéries. Les rouleaux sont laissés sur place pendant des périodes prolongées, de l'ordre de 5 à 30 minutes ou plus, sans causer d'inconfort et sans gêner les activités normales d'élocution ou de déplacement. Les tests montrent que les rouleaux médicamenteux selon l'invention traitent la mauvaise haleine avec une réelle efficacité.
Patent CA-2504001-A1 (CA)
Title: Push plate assembly
Inventor: MILO THOMAS K
IPC: E05B47/00
Filed: 2005-04-06
Abstract: A push plate assembly sends a signal to a receiver. The push plate includes a housing, a push plate, a signal generator, a biasing member, a first latch element, a second latch element, and a button. The push plate is movably mounted to the housing. The signal generator includes a switch. The switch is in electrical communication with circuitry through which a signal is transmitted. The biasing member is disposed between the push plate and the signal generator. The biasing member biases the push plate away from the signal generator. The first latch element is connected to the push plate.   The second latch element is disposed in the housing. The first latch element and the second latch element engage with one another to limit the movement of the push plate away from the signal generator as the biasing member acts on the push plate. At least one of the first latch element and the second latch element is accessible from outside of the housing by an associated hand tool such that the hand tool can contact at least one of the first latch element and the second latch element to disengage the first latch element from the second latch element so that the push plate can be selectively removed from the housing. The button is interposed between the push plate and the signal generator. The button is disposed in relation to the push plate and the switch so that when a force is applied to the push plate moving the push plate towards the signal generator, the push plate contacts the at least one button to activate the switch.
Patent CA-2504303-A1 (CA)
Title: Process for producing kraft pulp
Inventor: KAWANO NORIO
IPC: D21C11/00
Filed: 2003-09-11
Abstract: In the process for producing kraft pulp, there are provided (G) a potassium ion removal step of flowing an aqueous solution containing ashes recovered from a combustion exhaust gas generated in a black solution combustion step (E) by a dust collector through a packed bed filled with a sodium-type cation exchange resin to adsorb and remove potassium ions contained in the aqueous solution; and (H) a regeneration step of treating the cation exchange resin used in the potassium ion removal step (G) with an aqueous sodium hydroxide solution to regenerate the cation exchange resin, wherein a fraction recovered from the potassium ion removal step (G) which is rich in sodium sulfate and sodium carbonate is recycled to the black solution concentrating step (D), and a sodium hydroxide effluent recovered from the regeneration step (H) is recycled to a bleaching step (C) and reused therein.
Patent CA-2504507-A1 (CA)
Inventor: PREMJI AL-NASIR
IPC: G01S13/88
Filed: 2005-04-20
Abstract: A real-time radar surveillance system comprises at least one land-based non- coherent radar sensor apparatus adapted for detecting maneuvering targets and targets of small or low radar cross-section. The radar sensor apparatus includes a marine radar device, a digitizer connected to the marine radar device for receiving therefrom samples of radar video echo signals, and computer programmed to implement a software-configurable radar processor generating target data including detection data and track data, the computer being connectable to a computer network including a database. The processor is figured to transmit at least a portion of the target data over the network to the database, the database being accessible via the network by at least one user application that receives target data from the database, the user application providing a user interface for at least one user of the system.
Patent CA-2505951-A1 (CA)
Title: Oral testosterone delivery system with improved sustained release
Inventor: KERSHMAN ALVIN
IPC: A61K9/26
Filed: 2003-11-12
Abstract: An oral testosterone delivery system with sustained release properties where the micronized testosterone is present as a tablet, bolus, capsule, powder, liquid or suspension and, optionally, at least part of the testosterone is microencapsulated; in a preferred embodiment, the testosterone is present in a solid lipid suspension, wherein the suspension exhibits pseudotropic and/or thixotropic flow properties when melted.
Patent CA-2513993-A1 (CA)
Title: Weapons storage locker
Inventor: MOULTON STEPHEN
IPC: A47B81/00
Filed: 2005-07-27
Abstract: A storage locker for storing firearms of different sizes is disclosed. The storage locker consists of a housing having a back wall, side walls, a top, a bottom and an open front defining an interior. An inner door is pivotally attached to the housing and pivotally movable between an open position and a closed position wherein the inner door closes off the open front. The locker has a lock for locking the inner door in its closed position. The locker has a mounting wall attached to the housing inside the interior, the mounting wall having a plurality of first apertures evenly spaced along a front face of the mounting wall. The locker also has a plurality of firearm mounting racks, each rack having a mounting member with tab portions for mounting to the mounting wall by hanging the tabs on the apertures.
Patent CA-2515666-A1 (CA)
Title: Ultrasonic processes and circuits for carrying out those processes
Inventor: UHLENDORF VOLKMAN
IPC: A61B8/00
Filed: 1995-10-13
Abstract: A process for selective graphic representation and/or evaluation of the Doppler spectrum of objects limitedly resistant to sonic intensity, for example biological organs and tissues, by an ultrasonic process wherein a material is introduced in the examination area to be acoustically irradiated, nonlinear oscillations are produced in the examination area by irradiated ultrasonic waves and the signal is evaluated by an ultrasonic converter. Also, a circuit for carrying out the above process is disclosed.
Patent CA-2518690-A1 (CA)
Title: Side loading refuse collection vehicle body
Inventor: PECKA JOHN G
IPC: B65F3/20
Filed: 2003-10-27
Abstract: A manual/automatic side loading and rear discharge refuse collection truck body is as disclosed which incorporates full ejection without truck body tipping. A packing system is as provided which includes a low profile packer panel (50) which operates in a low profile charging material receiving hopper (24) which also features lowered or dropped floor to facilitate optional manual loading. The charging hopper (24) features a low profile which creates a dropped area beneath the forward portion of the storage enclosure (22) so that material deposited in the charging hopper (24) can be fed by the packing system into the storage enclosure (22) through a bottom forward charging opening (38). A packer-ejector assist panel (46) is provided to assist in clearing material from the dropped area portion of the charging hopper (24).
Patent CA-2520435-A1 (CA)
Inventor: LUDDY ROBERT L
IPC: F24C15/20
Filed: 2005-09-20
Abstract: A kitchen exhaust hood assembly comprises a front subassembly and a rear subassembly connected together. The connected subassemblies including a top portion and opposed side surfaces. A pair of side panels is connected to opposed sides of the front and rear subassemblies. A series of threaded studs welded to either the front or rear subassemblies or to the side panels project into and through openings formed through either the front or rear subassemblies or the side panels such that the side panels are secured to the front and rear subassemblies secured to the threaded studs.
Patent CA-2520680-A1 (CA)
Title: Antitussives
Inventor: ISHII HIDEE
IPC: C07D337/12
Filed: 2004-03-31
Abstract: Antitussives containing as the active ingredient tricyclic compounds represented by the general formula (I) or pharmacologically acceptable salts thereof: (I) wherein R1 is hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl, or the like; X1-X2-X3 is CR5=CR6-CR7=CR8 (wherein R5, R6, R7 and R8 are each independently hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl, or the like) or the like; Y is -CH2S- or the like; and R2 is hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl, or the like.
Patent CA-2521862-A1 (CA)
Inventor: CHENG ZHENGDONG
IPC: B01F13/00
Filed: 2004-04-09
Abstract: This invention generally relates to systems and methods for the formation and/or control of fluidic species, and articles produced by such systems and methods. In some cases, the invention involves unique fluid channels, systems, controls, and/or restrictions, and combinations thereof. In certain embodiments, the invention allows fluidic streams (which can be continuous or discontinuous, i.e., droplets) to be formed and/or combined, at a variety of scales, including microfluidic scales. In one set of embodiments, a fluidic stream may be produced from a channel, where a cross-sectional dimension of the fluidic stream is smaller than that of the channel, for example, through the use of structural elements, other fluids, and/or applied external fields, etc. In some cases, a Taylor cone may be produced. In another set of embodiments, a fluidic stream may be manipulated in some fashion, for example, to create tubes (which may be hollow or solid), droplets, nested tubes or droplets, arrays of tubes or droplets, meshes of tubes, etc. In some cases, droplets produced using certain embodiments of the invention may be charged or substantially charged, which may allow their further manipulation, for instance, using applied external fields. Non-limiting examples of such manipulations include producing charged droplets, coalescing droplets (especially at the microscale), synchronizing droplet formation, aligning molecules within the droplet, etc. In some cases, the droplets and/or the fluidic streams may include colloids, cells, therapeutic agents, and the like.
Patent CA-2522558-A1 (CA)
Title: Payment apparatus and method
Inventor: DAVIES CHRISTOPHER BERNARD
IPC: G06Q20/00
Filed: 2004-04-14
Abstract: A secure payment system for authorised point of sale transactions enables a user to pay electronically for goods using a handheld device such as a mobile phone (115). No confidential information need be held on the handheld device (115), all financial data being held within the payment system. A short-range wireless connection is provided to the handheld device (115) and the user has only to enter a PIN to initiate a transaction. The system includes a client device (100) and a server device (110). The server device (110) maintains user profiles which enables customisation, for example of transaction receipts and payment methods. Transaction receipts can be transmitted to a preselected location, for example by email or SMS, which provides an additional security check for the user.
Patent CA-2523625-A1 (CA)
Inventor: LANDSBERG GARY BRYAN
IPC: B64D1/06
Filed: 2005-10-18
Abstract: A payload ejection system is provided for ejecting a payload from a transport vehicle. The system has an ejector mechanism for applying an ejection force to the payload to urge the payload away from the transport vehicle, and a release mechanism for releasing the payload from a restrained state. The release mechanism has a payload mounting bolt for holding the payload in the restrained state, and an actuator that fractures the mounting bolt. The actuator has a shape memory alloy, and an activator that transforms the shape memory alloy from a compressed state to an elongated state. The actuator fractures the mounting bolt as the shape memory alloy transforms into the elongated shape.
Patent CA-2525034-A1 (CA)
Inventor: MANGOLD STEFAN
IPC: H04W24/10
Filed: 2004-05-03
Abstract: An apparatus and method is provided for measuring medium activity patterns in wireless networks and deriving information about the radio environment from the measured medium activity/patterns. This invention is three-fold. First, it defines what to measure, including medium idle/busy patterns based on power detection, medium idle/busy pattern based on preamble detection, and medium idle/busy pattern based on virtual sensing. Second, it provides a mechanism for communicating the measurement request and report, as illustration for the case of IEEE 802.11. And last, it defines the information that can be derived given these measurements as discovery of: non-802 devices, 802.11e systems, 802.11e contention-based medium access priorities, 802.11e controlled medium access usage, 802.11b/g existence, and hidden stations.
Patent CA-2525567-A1 (CA)
Inventor: ELLIOTT JOHN M
IPC: A47B87/00
Filed: 2004-05-12
Abstract: A folding picnic table (20) has a frame (24) including folding legs (40). The frame supports a tabletop (22) and a bench (26) extending along each side of the tabletop. The picnic table folds between a use position and a storage position with the benches folded onto the tabletop and tipped onto one side on a caster assembly (28). The table includes a locking device, automatically locking the seating structures to the tabletop at a partially tipped position;  and automatically releasing the legs when the table is tipped to a storage position. The frame also includes a retainer plate (82) that keeps the frame from accidentally folding when the benches are folded onto the tabletop for cleaning under the table or during tipping of the table to a storage position.
Patent CA-2526624-A1 (CA)
Title: Process and apparatus for further processing of sewage sludge and other materials to reduce pathogens and toxins
Inventor: BRUSO BRUCE L
IPC: B09C1/02
Filed: 2004-05-20
Abstract: An apparatus (10) and a method for treating a composition containing toxic materials or biosolids, wherein the apparatus has a hydralically sealable top (15) that can be openened to allow loading of the composition or closed to seal the apparatus. The apparatus also includes a reagent injection system (16) for injecting a reagent into the apparatus, a mixing device (21) for mixing the composition with the reagent, a heater system for heating the composition, or the mixture of the composition and the reagent, an internal vapor recovery system (18) for recovering gases, vapors, and odors from the toxic materials or biosolids, or from the reagents, a reagent recovery system for recovering the reagent after it has been mixed with the composition, a discharge mechanism (19, 20) for discharging the treated composition, and a control panel comprising temperature and pressure measurements.
Patent CA-2528040-A1 (CA)
Inventor: BOYCE JILL MACDONALD
IPC: H04N5/44
Filed: 2004-06-15
Abstract: A video decoder (200, 600, 700), and corresponding method (900) are describe d for enabling fast channel change of compressed video, where a video decoder (200, 600, 700) for receiving compressed stream data and providing decompressed video output includes a demultiplexor (210, 610, 710) for receiving the compressed stream data and separating the normal stream and th e channel change stream, a normal decoding portion (212, 612, 712) in signal communication with the demultiplexor for selectably receiving the compressed normal and channel change streams, and providing decompressed video output, and a normal frame store in signal communication with the normal decoding portion for storing reference pictures.
Patent CA-2530158-A1 (CA)
Inventor: ISHISAKI YOSHIAKI
IPC: A01G9/14
Filed: 2003-11-28
Abstract: A transparent resin film roof of a building formed in a bag shape by fixing two sheets of transparent resin films to edge rafters ranging from a ridge piece to a pole plate, characterized in that warm air is supplied from air supply ports to bag-like objects to maintain the bag-like objects in tensed state and the air in the bag-like objects is discharged from air discharge ports. A continuous ridge type building, wherein a fluid passing pipe is arranged near the root part of the continuous ridge type roof of the building in the same direction as that of long-film retainers between the two sheets of transparent resin films so that hot water or hot antifreezing fluid can be passed through the fluid passing pipe.
Patent CA-2530805-A1 (CA)
Inventor: MULLETTE DANIEL
IPC: B01D71/82
Filed: 2004-07-08
Abstract: The invention relates to polymeric ultrafiltration or microfiltration membranes of, for instance, Halar, PVDF or PP, incorporating PVME or vinyl methyl ether monomers. The PVME may be present as a coating on the membrane or dispersed throughout the membrane or both. The membranes are preferably hydrophilic with a highly asymmetric structure with a reduced pore size and/or absence of macrovoids as a result of the addition of PVME. The PVME maybe cross-linked. The invention also relates to methods of hydrophilising membranes and/or preparing hydrophilic membranes via thermal or diffusion induced phase separation processed.